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How do I find my UTR Number

Not everyone has a UTR number. If you have registered to complete a self assessment tax return, you should have a UTR (Unique Taxpayer Reference) number. If you do not complete a tax return usually you will not have one.

Your UTR number is isused by HMRC (often known as the Inland Revenue) and it is a unique 10 digit ID, for example ’1234567890′. HMRC use your UTR number to identity you and your tax records.

Where to find your UTR Number

If you have registered for self assessment you can find your UTR number in a number of locations including:

On your Tax Return – Inland Revenue Form SA100

On a ‘Notice to Complete a Tax Return’ – Inland Revenue Form SA316

Statement of Account

Depending on which of the above forms you use, your UTR number may be located next to one of the following headings:

Tax Reference

UTR

Offical Use

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to leave them in the comments below and we will do our best to answer them.

I want to change accountants and need mine and m husbands. I have been trying to contact my previous accountant for over a week with no luck and have no Tax Returns to refere to. Is there another way I can get my UTR please.

been on the phone for an hr today and still no wiser. im self employed and have not heard of this number aparently you need it to start work. work cannot waite i need money but inland revenue must be having a party, they must not need my tax money. sod them.sod the job!

hi, i have sent the form to register as a self-employed in Oct. 2010, a letter came back asking if i want to pay the class 2 N.I. number, but nothing about the UTR number. and i’m calling the local tax office, but nobody is answering. what to do? do i have a UTr number or not?

I used to have to do a self assessment, but this ceased a number of years ago. My question is will I still have a UTR and if so how do I find it out, I cannot find any paperwork with it on and I now have to fill a self assessment form out

is it me or is getting in touch with the tax office becoming more and more of a sore rectum, basically we get swindled out ridiculous amounts of money throughout our lives, when we need help we’re led a merry dance through the garden that is automated telephone exchanges, i’m certain these processes are in place to confuse, load of B.S, all i wanted was to confirm my UTR. glad i’m not hard of hearing cos the reception on the phone line was like listening to a fart in a russian submarine halfway round the world, without radar! hopefully got my info here tho so thanks so so much! i dont know what i’d do without TAXATION!

Yes I have tried to contact them repeatedly without any success, you are quite right. Without them actually answering the phone thy cannot actually get my tax money though which is a little concerning. I hope I will not end up before the courts for none payment of tax when I’m desperately trying to do the right thing and pay it -just not getting anywhere!

Hello. I have applied online for a UTR and i ve got a confirmation email by you, in my e-mail inbox. I’ve received a file called UTR.VCF. so what should be my next step as i find no guidance on your website in order to do it step by step.

My questions are the following:
I’d like to apply for a job where I need to be a self employed person.This is a dry lining job.Am I allowed to start working legally before I get my UTR number?
Do I have to pay anything if I become a self employed person and temporary I am not working and heven’t got incomes?

I am self-employed and have registered as Sole Trader for couple years now.
I’ve carried out jobs, sent invoice to customers and they paid;
BUT now there is 1 customer/company asking for my UTR and my NI numbers, before paying it! (I completed the job over 1 month ago!)

hi,
I’m about to receive my first salary as a sub-contractor. I gave my UTR when asked for but was told I need to register it first as somehow system does not want to accept me. The UTR number must be correct – when I submited tax forms there were no issues. What should I do? If need to be registerd – can it be done online?

I have registered for self assessment online, but I haven’t received any conformation email, I haven’t received UTR either. How long do I normally wait for the confirmation? I have filled in the form last week. Is registering for self assessment the same thing as registering for UTR?

hy,y need UTR namber. My boss she dont put my many in my accont because she dont have the posibility the take tax. Y put my document for utr in 04-07-11, and now y weith the utr namber. Pls if its posibil give me hary. sory for my lenguige.

i registered for a utr number bout 2-3 months ago and still have not recived it my email address is block and have made a new yet i dont know how to get in contact with the utr company so they can redirect my email to the right email address

I have just register online with HMRC for tax refund but when I try to do so, they ask me for UTR number which I don’t have. Are they going to send me this number? And how long would it take and would it be by post or email?
thanks for your answer.

Finally i received the paper where should be writing the UTR number and the date. But i think something it’s wrong becouse it dosn’t specify anything about my UTR number. I tried to call everywhere. Please can you help me

If you will take your time to carefully read the ‘paper’ how you call it, you can actually SEE the UTR number, which is the so called ‘reference’. the text should be something like…’(UTR) shown above at ‘Our ref’…..meaning that the ref of the letter is the UTR….simple…isn’t it?!

I’ve never done a tax return before – I was employed by two businesses last year and registered for self-assessment online just now. I was issued with a ten digit number, copied it to my email, and am now submitting it as my UTR. If the number was indeed the UTR, why isn’t it working? If it wasn’t my UTR, I did not submit a home address or any other contact details other than an email address, so how can they send it to me? The whole thing is very confusing!

Hi I am going to start work for my uncle as a sub contracter, he said i need to get a UTR number and the company he contrcts with will stop tax once i have the UTR number. i have not bben employed before so i am not sure what i have to do. Also do i have to fill in a self assesment form as well. Thank you.

have applied for a utr number beginning of december and have heard nothing. for the last 3 weeks i have been on the phone for hours and no answer. How the hell are u supposed to pay if they dont want to give u a number.

Hi. How do I apply for a UTR? I’ve never lodged a tax return before in this country, and wish to do so online. Also, when is the deadline to lodge a tax return this year, and what time period does it cover?

A question. I have registered as Self employed and I have moved out of country. Now how can I file my tax, however I have not earned any money after I have registered. Please help me in this regard.
Thanks,
Nambi

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i’v registered on revenue about ONE YEAR AGO !! Simce this time I cant get a paymant from work!! Now i’m homeless – from revenue I have no message – nothing ! I have no adress now !! I’m from poland ! how goverment can thret people like this..how!!!! and why??